Can I get Tunatic to identify music that is being played on the computer?
• On the Macintosh, this can be achieved using software such as SoundFlower or Jack OS X. Both of them are free! • Most PC sound cards allow you to select “What You Hear” (also named “Stereo Mix” or “Mixed Output”) as input. To get there, right-click Tunatic’s window, select “preferences”, then click the “Configure…” button. • If your hardware allows it, plug your sound output to your sound input. It’s ugly, but it works! What kind of music will Tunatic identify? Tunatic can identify music from any genre except classical. Tunatic can only identify songs that were indexed into its database, which is kept up-to-date by the community of Tunatic users through a program called Tunalyzer. If you like a particular genre or artist and feel concerned about its being identifyable through Tunatic, use Tunalyzer to contribute to the Tunatic database (it’s easy and effortless). Will Tunatic recognize the tune if I sing/hum it? Currently, no. Tunatic can only identify recorded music. Indeed, when
On the Macintosh, this can be achieved using software such as SoundFlower or Jack OS X. Both of them are free! Most PC sound cards allow you to select “What You Hear” (also named “Stereo Mix” or “Mixed Output”) as input. To get there, right-click Tunatic’s window, select “preferences”, then click the “Configure…” button. If your hardware allows it, plug your sound output to your sound input. It’s ugly, but it works!
